rector

Etymology

From Middle English rectour, rector, from Old French rector, rectour and Latin rēctor.

noun

1. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
4. In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
5. A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.
6. (Scotland) An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body.